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NAVAL NEWS. LONDONGAIZE'I lE, Sept 29, tilt°. di f thniralty-011ice, Seq. 20, 181 0. F a Letter from Acintiral s r ~ :na.les Cotton, Bart. nander in Chiefol his Majesty's Sietps and Vessels in ' le diterratitan, to Cohn Cioker, - F.sq. dated on he Majesty's ship San joset, _oil Toulon, 24th 18. Et, =oillinuance of strong - gales 'from the north liPce the 15th in , tant, obli4ed 'me • to take, 9nder the Levant Island with the fleet, from however, 'we were driven as far to the east " Villa Franca. T hive been at length en t° gain the rendezvous of Cape Sick ; and lad communication with clptain Biack the se ni or officer i n shore, have.received from account of his proceedings With. the detach adron under his orders, upon a division of. the , fleet, consisting of six sail of the line (one - decker with the commander in chief's flag), lir frigates, coming-out ot Toulon on the 20th I , for the purpose of enabling a trigaie and Y to get from Bandol, and no less, to endea etat ott the Euryalus and Sheerwater ; and, Ike to the Captains -of his Majesty's ships I in the 'margin*, I cannot desist from trans g to the Leads Commissioners of the Admiral enclosed copy of Captain 4ilackwood's letter subjea, and I doubt not their Lordships will Nith no small degree of satistaclion the ,gallah [d s t ea di ness o t t h ese ships, and, under the 'g circumstaneeS, the determined measure that r adopted hy i bril:ging to in - order of battle, with [ ajesty's squadron, aglinst'so superior a force, Algaging the ii,aditiost ships of the enemy's a'hich had the effet't of completely fiustrating intehtions;as regarded the Euryalus and Sheer , though the latter was under their guns, and ed three broadsideS from one of the lire of ships, besides a frigatt., but without being hy.either. • ; • ' e enemy's ships remain in the same sta . e as in the outer road of 'Toulon; tivesor six sail laud off the Ihirboar's mouth to exercise. I have the honour to 'be, (Sigile,!) C. COTTON. IR, His Majesty p Warspite, off Toulon, . 20th luly iSto. a f { lrmer letter I did myself the honour to ac ct you of the enemy having I.vice come out in force, and. failing in an tempt to detach . a i 'biP to the Eastward„ and.liber : ite a trigatit in where we. had forced hur to take rehige. morning they azaio came out six sail 01 one of them of three decks, beating the Ilandrr in chiet's flag, and foot _frigates ; and le weather was light and variatle, I found it , siibl e to prev'ent the jundion of the frigwe in I ° l therefore,endeavoured to c011e:A the srpla , and place ourselves without the enemy in as . a posture 01 defence as I could, but-owing - to' s ituation of th Euryalus and. Sheerwater, who !' obliged to crais their headmost ships, told the rather failing them, whilst the enemy it so entirely as to reader the cap ore of the Twater certain, it not that of the Euryalus. hz•came a matter imperatively necessary that I Id risk an action, though at the - . door of the "Y. and with ?:force so superior ;' a step which, "Lit such an object, I should not haste consider tYselt authorized in taking, particolarly-as.yoo beer, unavoidataly . blo %%Li cof and out of sight by 11 eavy gales. therefore brotight to, with the Conqueror 'and astern of me, in •such a position as evinced my rrnination to 'noted the frigate and brig, and. I h aPpy to inform you, that tire result has proved editable to the British flag • as I corild have 'ed or expe - ted ; for although lite:enemy 'ap t:qually as dec;ded to eedeayour to cut them la , Ae were to defend them, the moment they (1 ' within reach of our fire, they honied up in their headmost ships, • giving os their "sides, and then tacked,,in wiLcn we folowed r example., by also tacking ; a movement for c b I am eniireli,• . indebted to Captain tat w and good judgment,who being the stern 't ship in our tine, atm' - perct:iving the enemy: 1 " to retreat, became •the more anxious to en 4).tir to disable them, when after a Jew inure ' 4 Passing, and u e had sum..! time previous to this 'einem secured the, retreat of the Euryales and . er water, and the Hind rather failing us, we wore s tood - a tittle sway to the Sonthwiaol, which she "V most pol:rely permitted us. to do unhurt - and Oolested, at a time too when they leas it lolly ni 1r Power to bring us .to a decisive ' adion, under ""'stances as highly advantageous to tletri as Y Were the reverse to us; their cundua there ''Puts in a.fiattering and cle,r Poiorot view ftre ieet in which they hold the British navy ; and ' ii 'l ,, dete,,,,ineo,eouclud of the sluadluu yuti tbe the honour - to place under my command, I ful lY Ver•oraded, had the ambition of the en, , ,lty !ni teti _ to make a bolder attack, The result' , tt ikt have been. still inure honourable to his Ma arms. • a 3 at I trust it cannot escape your notice t iti- Vt the disparity bf force was conspicuousiy " a 4ing, to the enemy, yet fro,h the moment that k sit hation of the Euryalus, and Site,i-rwa , er becanie jut ful, and tor a loop, tinie atter, we pet er de-' led an action, but no 'tie contrary,l4 to up tee. ire : 41 for more than an, lip - or and a halt. I hav i v .' Sir, to perform . a task most grateful to my I g - so which is that of reporting tit you, that in. 'portion as difficulties and dangers presented t hem ves, the patient, active, and undaunted c..nout.t the • squadron was•such as to merit my warmest P r obation, and I feel most particularly sensible • of —exertions Of Captains °may and Fellowes, Preserving such compaa oro,o - , which evi 7 de.erred - the enemy from making a further ack . the Honour a bl e C a pt a i n gundas, of the Euryalus, " Captain Sibley in the Sheerwater, situated as ` ; : } t ' were, did every thing I could either wish or ex ; the hitter • I dispatched by signal to apprise no t our siruation. ArsPne, Ajax, Conqueror, Euryalus, and Shcerwater. To the Officers and crew of this ship I- shall ever feel much indebted for their . steady and a&ive con duct, but partiollarly •'Lieutenant Calloway, , from whose judgment, zeal, and activity, as tk ell as that of 4r. BoWen, the master, I deriVed amost es-' seutial ail. . . • Civains °may and FeHowes have also reported that the same coolness 'and actiVity manifest editself in all tanks, in their. respective ships ; 'and that. they : feel • equally sensible .of the assistance they received from their. First Lieutenants Messrs: Lowry and Fit iinaurice. • I: have the honour to be, &c. • (Signed) BLACKWOOD, Capt. To Admiral Sir. Charles Cottbn, Corn mantier in Chief, &C. &c. Admiralty-Di/ice, Sept: 29, 1810. Copy of a'Letter from' Captain Malcolm, 'of his 'Majesty's ship the Rhin, addressed to the Honourable Rear-Admiral Stoptb-rd, and •tratiszinitted by Admiral Gambier to lohn Wilson Lroker, SIR, • , I have the honour to inform you, that at • four P. M. after a, chace of two hours and a half, I cap-. tured, off the Liz ird, the French schooner privateer San Joseph, of St; Of, about one hundred tons, piercei for sixteen guns, but only mounting fourteen, and sixty-eight men, cOrnmarided by Joseph Wit tevrOngliel„ a Dane ; she sailed last evening at six o'clock, and :had taken nothing ; she is oAly -one yearbid, copper-bottomed and fastened, a 'mist beau tiful vessel; and pails remarkably well.. His Ma jesty's sloops Little Belt and Wolverine were in coal cO;iwank, the latter I find had been in chase of her 'from-eleven A. M. • I liai7e the honour to be, &c, (Signed) C. MALCOLM. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—Arrived. his \ Majesty's ship Astrea, - of 38 guns, from the•Eist ward, bottnd • 'o the Cape of Good Hope; the iYarjord, PRIDGEON; &CIA --; Fates, Buns ; Frederick, TAYLOR, _from •Stinderland; the Diana, KENBY, from Glas • gow ; the sloop Unity, of and from FOWey, BONE, master, 'with a cargo of sugar and co,ton ;- and the brig DunMore,\V LLlAmsos iniister, from New Pro viden.e,daden with cotton,.coffee, and sugar, both bound tH Lcindon ,the sloop John and Sally, BRAY toaster, with a cargo of oats, b0u0.ir..,. Sow tiampron, from Youghall ; and an Anurican ship from Stock ',loin), ++itli a cargo of deals and non. for thts 'Curie down the tiaitutir and anchuredin Cawsand 133 y, Armada ; alst came doWn file hat'hour aA anchored in tl'e Su'und Ii 5 MAjesty's ship President, ot. 38 aunt'. Caine down the har bqur Hand satie‘i on a •cruiz, his M.ijesty's ship Pheasant,ut I 8 guns. Went into harbour to refit his Majesty's ship. Princess G7tailutte ot . 38 gun , , Captain Sailed his Majesty's brig Dexterous, of • 14 guns, with a convoy of rnvrcha4,ttuen to .the Eastward ; sailed th,! Si. Paul, for GuerirseY ; the John and Saily,l3EA,Y, tOr Southatop:on; the Derwent, SCOTT; Thomas • and John, _CORNER; . Vine, 1-litair ; and John, Attanyvsmurki, for Sunderland ; (George, WHITE ; Unity, BoNE ; and Dunmore,- WII.LrAM- SuN ; Croydon, ,NEVIN ; isk, RussELL ; Clarinda, CAMMELL the Ainericsin ship Howard, FULGEII ,‘ the Spanish brig Recardad, ANTAMONEZ ; the Danish ship Iris, JORGENSON ; the P.)riuguese ship Tiger ;. and 't ha FAWCKNER, (or London. Arrive 4" his Majesty's slip Scylla from. Ports- Sur. 29.—Sailed the . Dunmole, WlLLlAmsulc, for Lciudon. In consequence of the wind blowing fresh from the Eastward several of the vt-ssels that sailed from hence ye,terd iy afternoon for the Downs, under ConvoY.of the Dexteious, were obliged to put back this morn- ' • _ Arrived the Mar; c,irte) from Morlaix; she carri ed thiiher and lauded the American passengers th.n were brought ini . o thi, port . . sum 'days sinets in the American ship Francis, tram Pailade!pia. T,o-Co LET it ales of Artillery embark here to day tor - I'ortu;al; several detachments of troops, are likewise expeatd 'here in'th.: course of the ensuing week, to ea:hint; fui• Corunua, to join those now etnivai king at the eastrn.ports for the same destiaa- Sailed the . Weuzel schooner for Scilly, and ,the Dap lo , :dtrans_port f r Portsknouth. ' ...Arrived the Plieaswit sloop , of 'war from a cruize, and his Majesty's ship Poictiers, pf 74 guns, from .o:l'thest ; it is reporeed that this ve,sel brings intel ligence of a French .squadron being at sea. The. hollowing ships sailed this morning to the West ward, viz. • Dretvinwight, of •98 guns; riwerale and Hadnibal, of 74 guns each. .His .111,4, , 5tys sliip Scylla takes convoy to the JJwt)S, Arrived the Venus, GIBSON ; Apollo, NEEDHAM ; and Venus, HARRISON, from Sunderland ;, Mary, SAYER, iron) Greenock ; Endeavour, STIGGII . 4.'S, troll Liverpool; and the Sufficient, PEAliSli, Wales. • , Sailed his Majesty's ships President and Pheasant to the Westward. SIIEERNES S, SETT. 28.—Sailed his Majesty's gun brig, Aggressor, with a convoy, for Heligoland; and his Majesty's shill Gluckstadt to Gottenberg. The Nightingale was undocked. Passed by wveratsail for the River. POATSMOUTEI, SEPT. 30.—Game In yesterday hi; Mjesty's ships Mars, Hero, Coquette, and ul verine, from a cruize. Sailed his Mjesty's ship :Neptune for Plymouth. Sailed this . day his Majesty's ship Altudbor9ugh for the Downs, and the Dapper .gti-bri g , with a convoy, for Guernsey. • His Majesty's ship Wolverine was this afternoon released from quarantine, ArriVed. the 'Palladium, and Brunswick, GUEiT, from Quebec',; Prince of Wales, and Harmony, WRIGHT, frorti Sundeiland; and the IPilliarn and Mary, GitmN, from Li%erpool. A largefleet this afternoon have appeared colts in from the Eastward, but from what part it. is not yet ascertained it is;howeVer, presumed to be 'the. fleet that sailed from. hence on Friday last, as, the wind has ever sinc s e their leaving this been unfa vourable.: DEAL, SEPT. 30.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Ri. nail) from a cruize. , . Sailed the Theban fr s igate,.ledpole, Bermuda, and .Trinculo stoops of war, on a cruize ofr.Boulope. , YARMOUTH, SEPT. 30.—0 n .Saturday morning, the wind having changed to the South West,. the Outward-bound Baltic convoy, under the Starring and .Pundora ) . which has been so long detained , weighed anchor,, and were all clear of the. Roads at one u'elocli. • DISTRIIIVTION OF, PRIZE-MONEY. Desi!ec, for the Twee Gesusters and Lt - Norwegian, on boarti,.at Shcerness,, on l►er arrival; recalled at iiiog morton-stret. Raleigh, for the Cravvterd (salvage) at 2z, A tumid shect. , Owen Clendower; t" , r the Ittr,theiJgrig, on board on the ith of October; rrcalleti at 23; Norfo:k-Area, Strand, on fuestia, sand t•rJO...)::;. • • • Ahnethybt, for the AroOm ship Four Sisters (recapture) on hoivi, at Plyaiouth, on the 6th Ottlber.; •reLailed at ;.a, Norfolk-street. THE Jilt ITP;11 NAVY.—There., are at present in tommi4sion B'2l of war, of which 153 are of the line, 26 troio 511 to 44 guns,, 179 f. i:zatez, 164 sloop of war, live bombs and fire-ships . , 178 armed brigs, ,30i cult, rs, and 79 smaller vessels of war ; be• side; which +bete are building no less than 36 sad& t;ie line ; and in ordinary 69; together with a num bs every class, which will make the total of the British Navy i 102 ships of different drs , riptions. NAVAL. .APPOINTMi.NTS — Rear-Admiral. Herbert Saw. yer, to succe,l Slr ;ammo Warren in the conlit ul d a ; Halifax; ,iptain Yarnes N,0,11, to the Revenge ; lietnenant Fagan, mu. time GAnnet ; Noirne t • Purser or the Bkick Prince, to the Bed Led ; NI r Crocker; to the: B la,:k Prince ; Mr. - Tuck Purser k.t :l•.! 51,31) . 113111k, to time San A ritonio ; F 1 Esq. .tub,.: Agent for Trans!, ,rts iu time halt ..Nr.:NYE the Admiralty Messenzer arrived this clay it town. He Ic-ft Mortal): on \Veduesd:ty Mr. M`Ka,szis remain; there, - so, that there is' still hope that we way be able to recover our evtive cmmirymeti., . e. :,are so.ry to learn that Dow'roN, the saw - , was Ono out of his gig. yesterday'at Nen "niugton,by which accident his left arni Was b.token. • The. flyirn,• Captain ,MONDY, has. brought to Port!iutoWll. 1200 French priioner, under co.ivoy, fropl Gibraltar. • Nine hundred of them were. part 61 DUPONT'S 30t) of them -are Officers ; amongst' whom are, Generals DUFOUR, PILIVE, ESELEMENUE, and Git t lNGl3. The two latter were Aides-de-Catnp to MoitAT. There are two Cap tains' of line-of-battle ships, four Captain.; of fri gatrs, and six Field Officers. They have been all l o nded at Ghsport., • The Sceptre, Danemarl?, Neptune, and4ttentive gun-bt ig; have arri.ect' at Poi tstnooth, with 48 sad, from the L eward Island . They left`St. Thomas's •on the ist of Aughs , . , The , Sceptre arid Neptune have proceeded to. Plyn,outh; the Daneni:o - 11 to' Chatham ; and the Att!ntive was sz..nt with the ships for St. George's Chan •el. .The under-hieritioned French Officers (nri 7 sorters)', win) . broke their parole from Thatne, !hav ing been re-taken in I..ondon, were con%eyed last week- to the priso n ships t Chatham, by an escort of the Guards.; .and erahother, French oificers have been re-! aken .00 .t he coast Henry Gun tier, Major Of Land Forces ; Valery Lot iol, •Lieutenan( of Land Furs. s ; Fortuttee Kersaile, Lh.uteriant of Artillery - J. C. N. Bihard, Li,:Gteutittt Of !ht.:Navy ecleittn Kerangoni, Ensign of the Navy ; arid Atu..Hypolite St. A Lain, Midslidman. Mr. MokoN, a partner in the late. Mr. GoLD SMiD'S house, had a Icing cohference with - the Cban, cellor of the Exchequer. on Saturday, with a view to avert . any inconvenience to, ihe h...hiers of ..omniutit by its further depreciation . by the amount skhich :e -'ln:tined to GOLDSMID betng'ilirown - iiitO the market ; a meeting was afterwards held in th,. , City, when it was proposed to take at thq mat ket •prtce ainothit • Of such stock. IL - . GOLD42,IID ' 9 lo.ises by the late L an are stated to pave amounted to t►early 200,0001. ; the'aierage clearing ue his house was e,tinuated- at iou,ooul. per We undt:ritand , that nothing has been yet settled reweeting.t he affairs of the laic Mr. GOLDSM ID. It expected that his hr,,ker, Mr. N. SOLOMONS, Will cmuinunicate something to-morrow' io the Gentle men of the Stock. 'Exchange. The reniaii;s of the untortnnate Gentleman, we find, were this day to be interred according to-the je wiSh- ceremonies. The Treasury have offered a reward of 1001. for the dis::oveiy of ti:e person who wounded a soldier in the 74th Regiment, .at Liverpool list wet'k, iu consequence, as is supposed, of his 'having given in formation of -a descrier from the Maiines. Accounts nom IluenosAytes, to the irti Augtist, stave, that Linieri Lid organized a considerable Force at Cordova, witJ► a view of acting in, concei; with the people, of Buenos Ayres:against 'Monte Video. They &so mention that Liniers:s son, in'sreturniug, from Buenos Ayr's to Cordova, was taken pr , 4,9ner at Sacra►t,euto. His dispatches were immediately taken from him, and he wai S:ifely lodged in the citadel of Monte Video. - • EXTRACT OE A LETTER FROM NEW SOUTH WALES, DATED FEBRUARY 24, 1810. • • "' An open rebellion broke out at Tapheite, iti the district 'of Maltavia, in the night of November the 6th, and soon spread throughout the. Island.-- The families, together with the Missionaries, Messes. DaV is, -TeSsid,' and Warner, made" their es cape. The - brethren, .Messrs. Hayward, Nott, Scott, and Wilson, 'staid with the King, but wer,e soon ()bilged to flee to Eimeo, where the . King shortly atter leowecl them, 'having been defeated iu an engagement with the rebels. By this time our houses were burnt, our gardens and planta , ions demob hrd, end our cattle Seized.' Mer the de parture 'ot , Knnarre and 'the - Missionaries, the Ts , phetian.s eeselved to seize the first vessel that should touch at. their island, in order_ to get power, In s •the exe'cuti'cin 'of this resolution they have been ,but too successful : for the Venus, from Port Jack son; felt into their hands. They killed the first mate, and threw all the rest of ,the crew into the sea, but afterwards saved their lives, aid made theta prisoners: 'Capt. Campliell, of the Harrington, fotinerly of the Hibernia, retook the genus, and ransomed the crew ; he himself narrowly escaped being murdered; and the Hibernia would have " fallen into their. hands, but for a letter written by the Missionaries to the King while at Eimeo. The King haVipg returned to Tapheite Li the Hilernia, ergiiged the rebels, and 'was again defeated, with the 1015 of 24 - of his warriors. After Or-bat,. . tle, whch wa; fought in the distria o Fearn; ) tie• : retreated to Pare,, and r,solsed to act onl he 4'elen • sive; and keep his ground, if passible, till the ar tiv,dot a reinforcement from Meat.' ant l3orabora, which he was the rather induced to de', as there was a great scarcity of food at Eimeo. Tapheite being in -such a distracted state, and it being very proba- We that Potnarre 'would never . recover his:awhority, but that anarchy and cortfuion would spread throughout the Islands ; the' consideration also of • our little success, with the many6ther discourage - merits, determined our minds ; ; and i. appeared to us to-be the plain path of duly•to take a pssage in he Hibernia for' New .South Wales.' We imbarki. at Huaheine Oct. 26, 1809, and arrived at Port Jackson Feb. 17." 1 ~ Saturday last being Michaelmas day, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c. attended Divine Service at . St.. Lawrence's Church, where tin appropriate Ser mon was 'preached by the Lord Mayor's Chaplain,, atter which they went upon the hustings at Guild !! hall, where a great number of the Livery were in' attendanee, for the election of a .Lord M a y or . Th e Recorder opened the business by. expatiating on the duties, of the Livery in their-choice of two persons to be returned to-the Court of Aldermen, for their election of one of them to be. Lord Mayor. ,The Lord Mayor and lace r; then returned to their own Chamber. The names of the several Al dermen who were eligible by having served the of flee of Sheriff were then put up to the Livery, when it appeared that Joshua Jonathan Smith, 'Esq. and r • Mat, hew Wood,Esq. had the greatest spew of hands, the Sheriffs returned : them. accordingly to the Court of Aldermen, who proCeeded to give their votes by scrutiny, when JoShua Jonathan Smith, Esq. was declared duly elected,;and the Lord i'.layor ; Altkrmen, &c. proceeded to the hustings, and the said Joshua Jonathan Smith, .Esq. was declared duly elected Lord Mayor for:the'ensuing year. The thanks of the Common Hall were given to the late - Sheriffs Wood and Atkins. At thse - Courti) fAldernien held, on Saturday seve ral 'persons were admitted and sworn. Brokers, and a large quantity of gold was sworn to as foreign, for exportation: Admiral Eetkeley hag. been appointed Lord. High Admiral of Portugal, by the Prince Recrent., .Saturday, at the'tLitton-gaiden (Zee, J. Tucker Was fully committed fur trial, for stealing from the prilmi . Ses of Sir E. Price, at Sion Hall, Old Bramp ton, a gold heal ; as was J. BrowlL, fur breaking into the White Horse public , house, 'and stealing wearing apparel, silver Spoons, and various other articles. On Saturday, at Union-Tiall,.several prisoners were finally , examined ; Eulershaw, for a harglify in the dwelling-hou , ,e of W. C. Taylor,..at Kingston, Surrey'; Alexcinder Robinson and William &Ozer, for ,having stolen eight live pigs; and two others for lesseroffenets ; they were commit-; tizl for trial. Amos nuilow and Philip Myers,, for pot-stealing, and John Camer7aine, for a less of fence, were remanded. APPREHENSION OF - 1101313IITS..—ThiS man, who coniriv,d to eicape from the custody of Governor Aris a short time since, and for whose apprelien-' sion 300 - guineas reward were offered, was taken On Saturday night, at the Royal Oali.„ near Vatixhall, by•Foy, the officer; assisted by a Mr. Glover, and :i.notherGentlethan b e l o ngi ng t o the Bank , .and is safely lodged-in Newgate. Ht. is double ironed and confined in the Smuggler's Ward.' Whilst the per son was clinching the rivets of his fetters he. said, , Though you have caught me you sh a ll not h an g Me.." No.trace.has'y.et. been obtained of Armitage, -tor whom too guineas are offered. • SMITHFIELD MARKET, Ocr. i. This day's Market was well supplied with prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in general was eu tilbi Beef is cheaper than our last report ; Muttor,, Pork, and Veal, support ,last prices.; and the traite for the must part was pretty brisk.—The sale- in the Hay Market were rather lively ; S(raVv ha.; droppod in piice ; Flay and 'Clbver fetched last , prices.—We subj o in a n accurate statement of. the. prices and numbers:— To sink the offal per stone of 81b. • Beet 4s. Rd. to ss. 4d. Mutton 4s. Bd. to 6s. od. Veal ss. od to'7s. od: Pork ss. od. to 7s. od.. Lamb os. od. -to cs. od. Beasts 2300. Sheep 18,900. . Calves 230. Pigs fp. A SMITHFIELD *HAY-MARKET. Hay 61. os. od. to 91. os. od. Straw '2l. 15$. od. to 31. os. od. Clower 71.05. cd. to tot. os. od. Cos N-Exc ti A N GE, OCT, I.—The supplies of Wheat coastwise to-day are considerable, with part of last week's arrivals of foreign, upwards of I,BPO quarters, fie_ geticral sales arc at a reduction of about ' 2s. and 3s. i. , er . quarter ; new Barley rather, dearer ; Malt with Peas and Beans of the two kinds are at little fluctuation ; Oats are in sli - art supply, and-dearer; Flour at late prices, -'~l